Object photograph·C06629a·1927–1931

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2, statuette (Me.724)

Terracotta figurine head with a tall headdress and wavy side hair, from Mersinaki — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06629a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A small terracotta figurine head, photographed close-up and filling most of the frame. It has a tall, flat-topped headdress, wavy hair at the sides, and a worn face with a small mouth and nose. The neck ends in a broken, flat base, and the surface is pitted; a partly visible number label sits at the lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Terracotta Minor Plastic 2, Me.724.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Terracotta Minor Plastic 2. Me.724

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